Back to Linnaeus: Proper Botanical Naming of the Tetraploid Indian Acorus (Acoraceae), an Important Medicinal Plant
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The basal monocot genus Acorus comprises essential oil-producing plants widely used in traditional medicine various countries, including India. calamus sensu lato is a polyploid complex where the oil composition, to some extent, depends on ploidy level. literature recognizes diploids (in temperate Asia and North America), triploids (Asian origin, naturalized elsewhere) tetraploids (temperate tropical Asia) at rank of varieties A. calamus. We show that current use name var. angustatus for not properly justified. earliest based Asian material verus published 1753 by Linnaeus. justify Linnaean variety selecting an epitype cultivated Peninsular India, which direct chromosome counts are provided. available if tetraploid cytotype recognized species rank. support earlier data importance leaf anatomy diagnostics Acorus, but also limitations this approach. growth pattern Indian discussed, evergreen nature accession studied here documented. exact number requires further clarification. All metaphase plates examined showed least 44 chromosomes, apparently showing more than chromosomes were found as well. They may be explained technical difficulties counting Acorus. Alternatively, our indicate occurrence aneuploid mixoploidy.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Diversity
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1424-2818']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d15060785